Display-rack.



W.- M. JOHNSON. DISPLAY BAGK. APPLICATION rum) P113. 2, 1912.

' -,049,726'.' Patenfigd Jan. 7, 1913.

Swveutoz dyiazmm Mu/bums UNITED STATES PATENT FFmE.

WALTE MJTQHNLSON, or iaLoonrrE'Ln roivF A. I v

.. DISPLAY-RACK.

To all who???) it may mm.- i

Be itknown that I, WALTER M, Jonxsox, citizen of the United States,residing at i Bloomfield, inthe county of Davis and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and use-' ful Improvements in Display-Racks, "ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates toimprovements 'in display racks which may beemployed for displaying various goods, but is destick candy andsimilarpro.ducts,-and has for one of its objectstolprovide aisimplyconstructed device Wherebydifierent v'arieties of the goods-may bedlsplayed in relatively. accessible position and which may be adjustedto receive and support the goods in different sized lots and which'maybe folded into small'space ,when not'required or for shipmentor-storage,

-With this andother ob ects in view, the

. invention consists in certain novel features of constructlon ashereafter shown and de- 'tion;'

' Figure 1' is a perspective v1ew of the. 1m-

scribed, and then specifically pointed out inthe claims andin thedrawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the-invenpfoveddevice in open positiong-Fig. 2 is a detached. perspective view of one.of the base rods; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improved \devicein folded position; Fig. 4.

is a'plan view of-one of the end members before being bent into shape.Fig. '5 is an enlarged sectional detail of one ofthe end members. J v

florresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of thedrawings by the samereference. characters.

The improved device-comprises in general m'ent'beyond a position atright.- angles to the supporting portion, and a plurality-inf divisionplates slidablelupon the '-supporit' I ing portion, and foldable intoparallel rela tions-thereto or at right angles thereto and preventedfrom movement in one dIT-BCtlOll beyond a position at right angles tothe sup porting portion. 1

. The supporting portion o f the-improved device is preferably formedfrom a plural-;

ity of rods .10farranged in pairs and in ar signed more particularly forthe display of p Specification of Letters lj aten t-if Pa'tented Jan.'7, 1913. Application filed February 2,;1$12. r..eria1'No. 675,084. I I

pair of the rods united by a transversemember 11. .The rods may be ofany required .Mounted to swing 'upo'n'each setof the transverse members11 of the rods'is an end member 12, .each 'end- 'memberfbeing formed asshown in Fig. 4, with a plurality of pairs of clefts spaced apart andcorrespondingin position with the rods 10, each pair of clefts thusproducing a narrow tongue 13 separated bytwider tongue-likeportions 14,

The intermediate portions 14 are rolled around the. terminals 11 oftherods, while the-tongues 13 are bent at. right'a-ngles to the body of theplate. Thero-lled portions -'14 formhinge connections between the endmembers and the rods and enable the plates to, be; folded inwardly andlie flat upon the rods as shown in- Fig. 3, whilethe tongues allelrelations with drama of each x serve toprevent the end members frommoving beyond a position at right angles to the rods when open, as shown-in Figs. 1 and 5.

, Slidably disposed upon the rods 10 between the end members are aplurality of di- V1S10I1 plates which are slidable upon the' rods andfoldable flatwise therewith, .or adapted. to be arranged at right anglesto H the rods as may beppeferredr The intermediate plates are preciselyalike and the I description of one will sulfice for all;

Any required number of the division plates may be employed, but for thepurpose of illustration three are shown, and eachcomprises a sheet metalmember 15 with a port-ion at one end bent at right angles thereto asshown at'16, and with a plurality of apertures'l7 atthe'bends andthrough which the'rods 10,-pass By. this simple means the plates.12---15 may-be fold ed in one direction flatwise upon each other andupon therods 10, as shown in. Fig.3,

but will be prevented frommovement. be-

. yond' a position at'rightangles to the "rods when in open-position'asshown in Fig. '1

through .the' action of the tongues 13 andi;

the bent portions 16.

Theplates 12 -15.may be 'ofany required and dimensions proportioned tothe goods size and of any suitablematerial, but will preferably-be ofsheet .met'ali'and the size 1 and it not desired therefore 'to limit'thesiz'eof the device to any extent.

The improved device is simple in con- Stl'liCtlOh', 1 can beinexpensively manutac -'tured and of any suitable material, butpreferably of-metal and plated, galvanized or therwisetprotected orornamented asrequiredf The improved device will be found espe-h cial'lyadaptedflto the display of small arti cle's merchandise; such as "stickcandy, in "cbnvenient osition for display and wherein:

between the plates, and vary any required extent:

eachi ind 'iv n'a'l article isreadily accessible withoutvdisturbing theremainder-. g

Asibefore' 'stat'ed,- the 7 plates '15 are readily I adjustablelongitudinally of the rods so as to increaseror decrease the-spaces orarea their size" to Havingthusdescribed the-invention, what 1 is claimedJasiinew: is

'1'. A, display'rack comprising a. plurality of sup ortingjimds, endmembers arranged to fold inwardlyupon said rods and heldfromfrnovingbeyond a position at right angle sto saidrods, and aplurality of division members bent at right angles near,.one end andprovided with apertures at the bends to engage over theyrods,-whe'reby-said division plates are foldable inone-direction upon the rods andheldifrom movement in the'other direction beyond a position' at rightangles thereto.

2. A display rack comprising a plurality of supporting rods, endmemberssupported pair'of the rods being united at the ends, end' memberseach having a plurality of cletts arranged in pairs and forming aplurality of stop tongues, the material of the end members between thetongues being turned into eyes to swingingly'couple the end members tothe end portions ofpthe rods with the tongues 'opposite the longitudinalportions of the rod ,,whereby the end members are. foldable inwardlyupon the .rods but held fromoutwardmovement beyond a position-at.rightangles to the sam'e.

In testimony whereof I aflix myisignature in presence ofitwo-witnesses.v 4 g ALTER JOHNSON. [a s1 Witnesses:'

SHERMAN S.- lllunonnm', G. W. Hume

